Whether you're working on a presentation, a website or teaching materials, nothing tells a complex story faster than an infographic. This intensive one-day course gives you everything you need to create memorable static and interactive infographics – from how to find data and tailor it to your audience, to how to create maximum impact with your design.

Led by Tobias Sturt and Adam Frost, formerly of the Guardian's Digital Agency, now the directors of Graphic, a specialist data visualisation agency, the course delivers a series of lectures and workshops which give you the opportunity to get expert feedback on your work. Detailed hand-outs ensure this course offers a long-term benefit to your communications.

This course is for you if...

You have to present for a living, using Powerpoint, Prezi or similar software

You work with data and wish to learn more about turning data into something visually compelling

You're a designer who wishes to learn more about information graphics

You're a developer who is interested in creating more usable and elegant front-end solutions

We also offer further bespoke Data Visualisation training for teams – click here for more information.

Course description

This masterclass will look at how raw data can be turned into striking visual stories, including both flat graphic design (infographics) and interactives. There will be two workshops in this masterclass in which participants will be asked to collaborate on creating their own visualisations before presenting back to the group. Topics covered on the day include:

The importance of good visual storytelling

Designing and presenting graphs and charts to maximise their impact and memorability

How to find and analyse data, and match it to the needs of your audience

The evolution of data visualisation, and examples of best practicePlease note: Although we do discuss the different visualisation software options available, this is not a software training course

Tutor profiles

Adam Frost was formerly head of Data visualisation at the Guardian's Digital Agency. He is now content director at Graphic. His work has appeared on the Guardian, the New Statesman, Buzzfeed and elsewhere. He has produced infographics and interactives for a range of public and private-sector clients including the Department for Education, HMRC, Google, P&G, Nestle and Unilever.

Tobias Sturt was head of Creative at the Guardian's Digital Agency and is now creative director of Graphic, an agency specialising in data visualisation. He has been working in digital storytelling for almost two decades, in all kinds of media, from web to TV to games to infographics. He has also worked on more conventional digital development projects, from website design to branding, from mobile app interfaces to print projects.